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Democratic candidate for Congress, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss, speaks during a U.S. House 9th District primary debate, in Chicago, Wednesday, February 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
March 18, 2026, 4:25 pm
Jewish Netanyahu critic wins Illinois primary after AIPAC spends millions against him
Set to vie for blue Chicago-area seat, Democrat Daniel Biss slams negative campaign by pro-Israel lobby and says his victory shows that voters understand nuance regarding Israel
By ToI Staff and AP
Students at Jones College Prep in Chicago hold a sit-in to protest their school's alleged lack of reaction to a student's Nazi-esque Halloween costume, November 7, 2022. (Courtesy of Isaac Simon via JTA)
August 10, 2025, 2:53 am
Concerned by antisemitism, parents lead effort to launch new Jewish high school in Chicago
With private and public schools reportedly failing to address Jew hatred and a lack of non-Orthodox options within city limits, a new initiative is gaining steam
By Grace Gilson
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson takes his seat at the witness table during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing with Sanctuary City Mayors on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
April 26, 2025, 11:43 am
Jewish groups protest as Chicago mayor wears keffiyeh for Arab Heritage Month event
Brandon Johnson has long been criticized by local Jewish community for his lack of commitment to its safety and his anti-Israel stance
By Grace Gilson
Rev. Mitchell L. Ikenna Johnson listens to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson during a news conference on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
November 1, 2024, 10:11 am
Chicago school board president resigns amid backlash over his antisemitic posts
After Oct. 7, Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson turned his back on positive ties with Jewish community, called Hamas massacre ‘resistance against oppression,’ compared Zionism to Nazism
By Andrew Lapin
Screen capture from video of Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi after being shot and injured by police during an exchange of gunfire in Chicago, Illinois, October 26, 2024. (X: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 1, 2024, 8:36 am
Chicago cops add terror and hate crimes charges to counts facing man who shot Jew
Following criticism from Jewish community, police chief Larry Snelling stresses these charges were not immediately filed because evidence needed to be gathered
By ToI Staff
Brandon Johnson, Mayor of Chicago, speaking on the first day of the Democratic National Convention Monday, August 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
October 31, 2024, 11:45 am
Chicago mayor condemns shooting of Jewish man but omits religious identity, drawing ire
Members of Jewish community decry Brandon Johnson’s statement: ‘We’re scared and we need to know that our mayor has our back’
By jacob gurvis
Left to right: Cindy Zadikoff, CJDS head of school Judy Finkelstein-Taff, Sheri Kushner and Margalit Segal pick kohlrabi on a farm in Israel, May 2024. (Hagit Lewis via JTA)
June 4, 2024, 1:19 am
War and airline cancellations didn’t stop a Chicago Jewish day school’s Israel trip
Even after employing a backup plan, only a frantic last-minute effort keeps a post-Oct. 7 CJDS mission to the Holy Land from going off the rails
By jacob gurvis
An aerial view of some of the sukkahs at the Chicago Sukkah Design Festival. (Joseph Altshuler/Chicago Sukkah Design Festival via JTA)
September 30, 2023, 6:46 pm
Chicago Sukkot festival reflects on complex history between city’s Blacks and Jews
Chicago Sukkah Design Festival, now in second year, aims to build connections between Lawndale’s African-American community and city’s Jews who used to live there
By Lindsay Eanet
This photo provided by the Lake County Major Crime Task Force shows Robert Crimo, III. Crimo III has been charged with seven counts of First Degree Murder in the Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, July 6, 2022. (Lake County Major Crime Task Force via AP)
July 28, 2022, 12:01 am
Highland Park parade attack suspect indicted on 21 counts of murder
Robert E. Crimo hit with 117 felony charges for mass shooting in heavily Jewish area that killed 7
By AP
Four women join local residents for a two-minute moment of silence at 10:14 a.m. at the Highland Park, Illinois memorial commemorating the seven people who lost their lives during the town's Fourth if July parade, July 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
July 12, 2022, 9:05 am
Highland Park honors victims of July 4 shooting with moment of silence
Over 100 gather for tribute that begins at 10:14 a.m. — the moment police say first shot was fired a week ago — and lasts longer than the planned two minutes
By AP
Linda Straus, widow of Stephen Straus, who was killed Monday in a mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park arrives for a funeral service with family members at the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, July 8, 2022, in Evanston, Illinois (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
July 8, 2022, 10:55 pm
Mourners say farewell to synagogue staffer, grandfather slain in July 4 shooting
Jacki Sundheim’s daughter tells Chicago North Shore congregants to fill void left by mother’s death with ‘joy, kindness’; art-loving Stephen Straus described as ‘sweet, generous’
By KATHLEEN FOODY and CLAIRE SAVAGE
Area residents visit a memorial to the seven people who lost their lives in the Highland Park, Ill., Fourth of July mass shooting, July 6, 2022, in Highland Park. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
July 7, 2022, 6:58 am
Amid the chaos of the Highland Park massacre, two strangers saved an orphaned boy
2-year-old found smeared with blood, brought to stranger’s home after 4th of July Illinois shooting; he will be raised by his grandparents, Jewish immigrants from Russia
By Martha Irvine
President Isaac Herzog speaks at the US Embassy's Independence Day celebrations on July 5, 2022 (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
July 6, 2022, 6:22 am
At July 4th event, Herzog sends condolences to US after Chicago parade killings
‘Unfortunately, we the people of Israel know too well the reality of happy occasions marred by grief,’ president says at US Embassy celebration
By Tal Schneider
Brooke and Matt Strauss, who were married Sunday, look toward the scene of the mass shooting in downtown Highland Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb, after leaving their wedding bouquets near the scene of Monday's mass shooting, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
July 6, 2022, 4:53 am
In Highland Park’s Jewish community, few are untouched by deadly mass shooting
Shooting leaves a trail of devastation in the heart of the Chicago suburb of about 30,000 where about half of residents are Jewish
By Leslie Hirschfeld and Andrew Lapin
Kevin McCarthy, 37, and Irina McCarthy, 35, who were among the seven people killed in the attack on the Chicago-area parade. Their 2-year-old son was found alone after the shooting (Courtesy)
July 6, 2022, 3:28 am
Both parents of 2-year-old boy found alone at Chicago parade named among dead
Additional four names released of victims, including parents Kevin McCarthy, 37, and Irina McCarthy, 35, Stephen Straus, 88, and Katherine Goldstein, 64
By GRANT SCHULTE, CLAIRE SAVAGE and HARM VENHUIZEN
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